Foot construction for dolls or the like



FOOT CONSTRUCTION FO R DOLLS OR THE LIKE Oct. 4

T. GRAITCER. 2,043

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Tana Graitcer, Philadelphia, Pa. ApplicationOctober 4, 1934, Serial 'No. 77463766 '7 Claims.

My invention relates td the construction of feet for dolls, manikins andsimilar articles.

A purpose of my invention is to facilitate the construction of weighteddolls feet by enclosing the weight within a covering of pliable -.mate

rial, such as paper, legs'by means of the A further purpose is securingsaid weight at the pliable material.

to manufacture at low cost dolls feet which will have a more life-likeandattractive appearance than those heretofore made.

A further purpose is to wrap a weight for weighting dolls feet in paperor similar material, to inscribe or impress upon the paper printing orartistic work simulating the appearance of human feet or shoes, and tosecure the weight thus covered-by tabs glued to the legs.

A further purpose is doll to toe-in by leg and a weight within the opposite to the side toe I.

tive feet of a doll,

to cause the feet of a inserting a tab between the foot, on the sidetoward which-the foot is to A further purpose is to fold oppositecounterpart blanks about weights to form the respecmanikin or the like,and to secure the weights to the legs by tabs from the blanks.

A .further purpose is to produce diverging ends on the legs of dolls,manikins or the like for making .a securing attachmentto a foot covering"My invention relates both to the methods involved and to the articleproduce In the drawing I I the many possible have illustratedone only ofvariations of my invention,

choosing'the form shown from the standpoint of satisfactory operationand convenient illustration of theprinciples involved.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the feet of a doll, manikin or thelegs.

the like, with a portion of Figure 2 is a section of Figure 1 upon theline 2--2 thereof.

Figures ,3 and 4 are plan views of the blanks used in making the casingsfor the right and Figure 8 is .a perspective view of the weight ordipsie employed in my invention.

In the drawing like numerals refer to likeparts.

One of the extremely vulnerable portions of most do1l-constructio aremolded "of wax, they may be given s is the feet. If the feet 'or similarplastic material,

a very life-like appearance,

but are generally unlikely to contribute materialin Figures 5 1y tolowering the center of gravity of the doll and thus rendering the dollstable when supported on its own feet. Particularly in the manufactureof dolls from carboard, pulp board, strawboard, wall board, illustrationboard, fiber board and other similar products, by whatever name theymaybe known, resort has been had to various constructions of the feet torender the doll more stable. One of these devices has been to mount thelegs on a large base which bears no resemblance to the human foot and isunsatisfactory for that reason. Another plan is to support the legs fromskis or long wooden feet which extend both to the front and to the rearof the legs and are relatively stable but awkward and inhuman inappearance.

By my improved foot construction, the feet are weighted bya lead weightknown as a weight, and nevertheless the feet present a life-like andrather attractive appearance.

In Figure 1 I show the right leg 26 and the left leg 2| of a doll ormanikin. The doll shown is'of the type stamped from cardboard or someother type of boar-d,such as. one of those mentioned. It is, of course,suitably decorated to present a life-like appearance, and to permitdressingby various paper dresses cut out by the child.

The right foot '22 andthe left foot '23 are opposite counterparts, eachconsisting of a foot casing 25 and a weight 25. The weight has -a flatsole 26, a curved toe portion 21, an arched instep portion 28 and a flatheel portion 29. According to my preferred construction, thesame weightmay be used for both the right and the left foot, though the weights forthe two feet may be different if desired.

The blanks for the casings of the right and left feet are oppositecounterparts as shown at 30 and 3! in Figures 3 and 4. I will describethe formation of the tabs on the right foot casing 30, applying primesto the similar tabs on the left foot casing 3|.

The instep portion '32 of the casing is curved over the instep 28 of theweight, and the inner sole tab 33 is folded down (with respect to theposition of blankof Figure 3) about the score line'34 across-the. sole26 of the weight as-shown and 6. This leaves the toeing-in tab 35extending toward the rear, as ithas not yet been folded down (withrespect to the position of Figure 3) about the fold line 36. The outersole tab 31 isnext folded down (with respect to the position of Figure3) about the score line 38 and over the inner sole tab 33, to whichadhesive has been applied. The inner sole .tab 33 and the outer sole tab31 arethus united together by adhesive.

The Achilles-tendon tab 39 is new extended toward the rear as shown inFigure 5, as it has not yet been folded down (with respect to theposition of Figure 3) about the score line 40. I next fold the toeing-inThe tendency is to cause the foot to toe-in because the toeing-in tab 35is on one side only, so that the space 52 (Figure '7) is somewhat wedge.shaped, in. The next operation is in Figure 3) the Achilles-tendon tab39 about its fold line 40, and secure the tab 39 against the tab 48 andagainst the rear of the leg by adhesive.

The adhesive may be replaced or assisted by metallic fastenings, ofwhich one is shown at 53 passing through the Achi1les-tendon tab 39,

the outer heel tab 48, the inner heel tab 41 and the lower end 43 of theleg into the soft metal (desirably lead) of the weight.

It will be evident that the whole of the casing is united firmly to theleg, holding the weight in a fixed position. The casing has a sabot-likeprinting or art work. It will be evident that orders of folding may beused.

Somewhat less desirably, the blank for the foot casing may be part ofthe blank for the body of the doll. The casing may preferably be heavyand I, therefore, claim all such in so far as they fall within thereasonable spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:-

casing around the weight, in securing together the tabs which permit theeasing to engage with itself and in securing to the leg the tabs whichpermit the casing to engage the leg.

2. The method of forming the foot of a doll, manikin or the like, usinga weight of foot-like shape and a casing, which consists in locating theweight in front of the leg, in folding the casing around the weight, inextending between the weight and the leg a tab on the opposite side fromthat toward which the foot is to toe and in securing the casing andweight in the toed position to the leg by tabs from the casing.

3. The method of forming the foot of a doll,

5. A pair of dolls feet formed of weights and opposite counterpart paperblanks folded around the weights and having tabs securing the weights tothe legs of the doll.

6. A construction for a dolls foot comprising a weight of foot-likecontour and a separate casing folded about the weight, having tabsuniting having a tab extending between the weight and the dolls leg onone side to cause the weight to toe in the opposite direction and havingtabs uniting the casing to the dolls leg.

'7. In a construction for the foot of a doll, manikin or the like, adolls leg having an extremity whose sides are tapered and larger at thelowermost end, a weight positioned in front of the extremity of the legand a casing folded about the weight and about the extremity of the leg,secured to the leg, engaging the tapered porthe leg. TANA GRAITCER.

